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Oxford University Press EU Law
Book SynopsisThe definitive EU law textbook: the most authoritative coverage, including extracts from all key cases and materials, from a world-renowned author team. Respected as the definitive textbook on the subject, this is the stand-alone guide to EU law. The world-renowned authors offer the ideal balance of commentary, key cases, and materials to provide the most authoritative coverage and analysis. Key Features - If you are studying EU law in the UK, please see EU Law: Text, Cases, and Materials UK Version, ISBN 9780198915485.- Written by leading scholars on European Union law and provides an insightful analysis of the subject. - Succinct and clear commentary sets out the law, illuminates the accompanying materials, and delivers critical and contextual analysis of all the legal and political aspects of EU law and policy. New to this edition - The eighth edition has been updated to include expanded discussions of key topics, including: - A revised chapter on membership, now including issues relating to entry, as well as Member State obligations and exit - Adjusted chapters on legisation, decision-making, and democracy, allowing fuller treatment of the complex issues concerning governance and democracy within the EU - Separate and expanded discussions of free movement of capital and economic monetary union - Inclusion of important new case law on areas such as: competence, preliminary rulings, State aids, human rights, citizenship, competition, direct effect, freedom of establishment, and international relations law Digital formats and resources The 8th edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats: the e-book and Law Trove offer a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support. For more information about e-books, please visit http://www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
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Oxford University Press European Union Law 4e
Book SynopsisA comprehensive and critical textbook, Schütze''s European Union Law uses a distinctive three-part structure to examine the constitutional foundations, legal powers, and substantive law of the European Union. Written in a uniquely engaging style, and full of illuminating analyses, this book provides a thorough and modern guide to the study of the European law. Visual and pedagogical support is offered by the book''s numerous diagrams and tables that clarify key concepts and processes, and a practical appendix helps students to find and read primary and secondary legal sources.Digital formats and resourcesThe fourth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks.
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Edinburgh University Press A History of Islamic Law
Book SynopsisThe classic introduction to Islamic law, tracing its development from its origins, through the medieval period, to its place in modern Islam.Table of ContentsIntroduction: the role of legal history in Muslim jurisprudence. Part 1 The genesis of Shari'a law: Qu'ranic legislation; legal practice in the 1st century of Islam; the early schools of law; Muhammed Ibn-Idris ash Shafi; concluding stages of growth. Part 2 Legal doctrine and practice in medieval Islam: the practical theory of law; unity and diversity of Shari'a law; sectarian legal systems in Islam; Islamic government and Shari'a law; Islamic society and Shari'a law. Part 3 Islamic law in modern times: foreign influences - the reception of European laws; administration of Shari'a law in contemporary Islam; Taqlid and legal reform; neo-Ijtihad. Conclusion: religious law and social progress in contemporary Islam.
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Oxford University Press EU Law
Book SynopsisThe definitive EU law textbook: the most authoritative coverage, including extracts from all key cases and materials, from a world-renowned author team.Respected as the definitive textbook on the subject, this is the stand-alone guide to EU law. The world-renowned authors offer the ideal balance of commentary, key cases, and materials to provide the most authoritative coverage and analysis. This UK version also includes sections showing how principles apply or don''t apply to the UK post-Brexit.Key Features - If you are studying law outside of the UK, please see EU Law: Text, Cases, and Materials, ISBN 9780198915522.- Written by leading scholars on European Union law and provides an insightful analysis of the subject.- Succinct and clear commentary sets out the law, illuminates the accompanying materials, and delivers critical and contextual analysis of all the legal and political aspects of EU law and policy.- Includes a chapter on Brexit and other challenges taking place within the E
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HarperCollins Dont Pee on My Leg and Tell Me Its Raining Americas Toughest Family Court Judge Speaks Out
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Vintage Publishing The Justice Game
Book SynopsisGeoffrey Robertson QC has been at the centre of internationally high-profile legal cases for over three decades. From representing Princess Diana to Salman Rushdie, to his involvement in the celebrated criminal trials of Oz magazine and Gay News, Robertson is an unfailing champion of human rights, justice, freedom and democracy. In this captivating memoir, Robertson reveals what draws him to each case, his ingenious analysis and interpretation of the courtroom proceedings, and the legal and civic consequences wrapping each case into a thrilling, rollercoaster sequence of events.Entertaining, scandalous and hugely insightful, The Justice Game provides a piercing behind-the-scenes look into courtroom cases, the practice of the law and the never-ending fight in striving to narrow the gap between the law and justice. A highly recommended read for those interested in current affairs, criminal and public law, legal history and the British legal system.This wondeTrade ReviewFor all his reputation as a radical lawyer, flailing at the Establishment, he proves himself to be a believer * Independent *This wonderful book...reads like a John Grisham, infused with moral anger * Independent *Well-written, powerful...Robertson's work has changed the way government works, and made it more accountable...a good read for people of any age -- Jack Straw * New Statesman *Geoffrey Robertson Q.C. is one of those few fearless and romantic lawyers dedicated to reducing the difference between law and justice -- David Jessel * Scotland on Sunday *Compellingly told, entertaining, sometimes hilarious and always illuminating -- John Mortimer
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TSO Liverpool City Council Act 2006
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The Stationery Office Books (Agencies) The Urban Development Corporations in England
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Oxford University Press Inc A History of American Law
Book SynopsisRenowned legal historian Lawrence Friedman presents an accessible and authoritative history of American law from the colonial era to the present day. This fully revised fourth edition incorporates the latest research to bring this classic work into the twenty-first century. In addition to looking closely at timely issues like race relations, the book covers the changing configurations of commercial law, criminal law, family law, and the law of property. Friedman furthermore interrogates the vicissitudes of the legal profession and legal education. The underlying theory of this eminently readable book is that the law is the product of society. In this way, we can view the history of the legal system through a sociological prism as it has evolved over the years.Table of ContentsPrologue Part I: The Beginnings: American Law in the Colonial Period Part II: From the Revolution to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century:1776-1850 Chapter 1 The Republic of Bees Chapter 2 Outposts of the Law: The Frontier and the Civil Law Fringe Chapter 3 Law and the Economy: 1776-1850 Chapter 4 The Law of Personal Status: Wives, Paupers, and Slaves Chapter 5 An American Law of Property Chapter 6 The Law of Commerce and Trade Chapter 7 Crime and Punishment: And a Footnote on Tort Chapter 8 The Bar and Its Works Part III: American Law to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Chapter 1 Blood and Gold: Some Main Themes in the Law in the Last Half of the Nineteenth Century Chapter 2 Judges and Courts: 1850-1900 Chapter 3 Procedure and Practice: An Age of Reform Chapter 4 The Land and Other Property Chapter 5 Administrative Law and Regulation of Business Chapter 6 Torts Chapter 7 The Underdogs: 1850-1900 Chapter 8 The Law of Corporations Chapter 9 Commerce, Labor, and Taxation Chapter 10 Crime and Punishment Chapter 11 The Legal Profession: The Training and Literature of Law Chapter 12 The Legal Profession: At Work Part IV: The Twentieth Century Chapter 1 Leviathan Comes of Age Chapter 2 The Growth of the Law Chapter 3 Internal Legal Culture in the Twentieth Century: Lawyers, Judges, and Law Books Chapter 4 Regulation, Welfare, and the Rise of Environmental Law Chapter 5 Crime and Punishment in the Twentieth Century Chapter 6 Family Law in the Twentieth Century Epilogue A Final Word Bibliographical Essay Index
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Oxford University Press Inc The Company They Keep How Partisan Divisions Came
Book SynopsisAre Supreme Court justices swayed by the political environment that surrounds them? The intuitive response of most is yes, and most point to trends in electoral politics as well as the nature of the relationship between the three branches of government. It is not that simple, however. As the eminent law and politics scholars Neal Devins and Larry Baum show in The Company They Keep, justices today are reacting to far more subtle social drivers than pressure from other branches of government or mass public opinion. In particular, by making use of social psychology, they examine why Justices are apt to follow the lead of the elite social networks that they are a part of. That is, the justices take cues primarily from the people who are closest to them and whose approval they care most about: political, social, and professional elites. The result is a court in which the justices'' ideological stances reflect the dominant views in the appointing president''s party. Devins and Baum argue that today''s partisanship on the Court is also tied to the emergence of the conservative legal network-a social network that reinforces the conservative leanings of Republican appointees. For earlier Courts, elite social networks were not divided by political party or ideology, but for today''s Court, elite social networks are largely bifurcated by partisan and ideological loyalties, and the Justices reflect that bifurcation. A fascinating examination the factors that impact decision-making, The Company They Keep will reshape our understanding of the contemporary Supreme Court.Trade ReviewPreserving [the Supreme Court's] independence has grown far more difficult for reasons ably explored in Neal Devins and Lawrence Baums' The Company They Keep, a carefully argued and disturbing portrait of how partisan politics threaten to engulf the Court. * New York Review of Books *Drawing on the methodologies of social psychology and political science, Professors Neal Devins and Lawrence Baum argue that the ideological stances of Supreme Court Justices are informed by a more subtle force than party loyalty or changing public norms... Rather than framing the judiciary as politicians in robes, Devins and Baum's analysis seeks to expose the Justices of the Supreme Court as something perhaps more sinister - that is, as humans seeking validation.The Company They Keep breaks from the literature on Supreme Court decision-making by describing judicial partisanship as a social phenomenon-a consequence, in part, of justices wanting approval from their elite peers. Devins, a law professor at William & Mary, and Baum, a political scientist at Ohio State, develop their argument by importing insights from social psychology. Devins and Baum put Supreme Court watchers on the right track by focusing on the justices not simply as individuals, but as members of teams that play in partisan political leagues The Company They Keep reminds us that today's Supreme Court justices, far from calling balls and strikes, are very much in the game. And they're playing to win. * Mark A. Graber, Washington Monthly *This fascinating book draws not only on political science and legal scholarship but on social psychology to bring us important new insights into the behavior of the Supreme Court justices whose decisions shape our constitutional order. * Linda Greenhouse, Lecturer, Yale Law School *The Company They Keep is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand today's Supreme Court. Drawing upon a wide range of material from political science and American history, Neal Devins and Lawrence Baum carefully explain how partisan polarization has come to the Supreme Court. Their discussions of networks of legal elites and of the Republican Partys somewhat more effective use of those networks are particularly illuminating. * Mark Tushnet, William *In a fascinating new book titled The Company They Keep to be published early next year, two prominent students of judicial behavior, Neal Devins and Lawrence Baum, explore the Supreme Court's current polarization through the lens of social psychology...It's a fresh observation of an old phenomenon. - Linda Greenhouse, The New York TimesTable of Contents1. Summary of Book and Argument 2. The Supreme Court and Elites 3. Elites, Ideology, and the Rise of the Modern Court 4. The Court in a Polarized World 5. Conclusions
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Oxford University Press The Evolution of EU Law
Book SynopsisWith new chapters covering the Rule of Law, Judicial Reform, Brexit, Constitutional and Legal Theory, Refugee and Asylum law, and Data Governance, this third edition of The Evolution of EU Law is a must read for any student or academic of EU law.Trade ReviewThis book has been a must and a classic in EU law scholarship since the first edition 1999. This third edition is not only updated to the latest developments in written law and jurisprudence, it includes new chapters on the Rule of Law, Judicial Reform, Brexit, Constitutional and Legal Theory, Refugee and Asylum law, and the Evolution of Data Law – including Artificial Intelligence. With 27 contributors from different European countries the book gives not only constant food for thought, it offers a very comprehensive knowledge base on institutional and substantive law as well as legal theory issues. A tour de force of breadth, depth and expertise. * Jacques Ziller, Professor of EU law, Universities of Pavia, Italy, and Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France *This book is a logical – and almost necessary – "further reading" for anybody educated in EU law by Paul Craig and Gráinne De Búrca's widely-used textbook. Seasoned practitioners and academics should read it as well, however, as it provides an authoritative guide to the discipline, which has evolved dramatically since the previous edition was published. All crises and challenges to the EU and its legal order are covered, together with more traditional topics concerning the key areas of EU law. Written by a balanced mix of theory- and practice-oriented scholars, of both the younger and older generation, this book will continue to be a standard reference point for anybody who wants to understand EU law. * Jan Komárek, Professor of EU law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark *This important collection of essays on the continuing 'evolution' of EU law reaches us at a time of intensive reflection on the European Union. The ambition of the book reflects both the extraordinary span of EU legal development over the past decade and the challenging wider context within which it has happened, imprinted with the urgency produced by recurring instances of crisis. Each contribution provides, on its own, rich coverage of and insights into specific sectors or themes. Cohering all of these perspectives within one resource is the editors' impressive achievement. * Niamh Nic Shuibhne, Professor of European Union Law, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, UK *This long-awaited third edition comes at a critical time for the European Union and EU law scholarship: never has a historical and evolutionary perspective been more important in explaining the origins and purposes of the Union as well as where the Union is and ought to be going. The "Evolution of EU Law" here offers an invaluable compass that masterfully guides its readers through the deep and often tumultuous waters of the Union's constitutional and substantive law. * Robert Schütze, Professor of European and Comparative Law, Durham University, UK and Luiss, Rome, Italy *Review from previous edition This is a serious, comprehensive exploration of the understanding of EU law as it has developed. * Edward Kirke, Liverpool John Moores University *This volume, like many books of its kind, poses more questions than it has answers for, but the answers it suggests are crucial, seminal and riveting to anyone interested in why a nation or a corporate body has a constitution. ... the editors have done a masterly job in weaving together crucial research and opinion on such issues as comitology, delegated agencies, tertiary structures in general and the enumeration and control of them. The heavy intellectualism of this book should not obscure the luminosity of its arguments, which, after all, remain easy to understand. * Michael L Nash, Contemporary Review, December 1999 Page 322 *...an excellent collection of strong and thought-provoking contributions...an extremely accessible account of the story of EU law. * T.K. Hervey, University of Nottingham, European Public Law *Table of Contents1: Paul Craig and Gráinne de Búrca: Introduction 2: Paul Craig: Integration, Democracy and Legitimacy 3: Paul Craig: Institutions, Power and Institutional Balance 4: Neil Walker: Legal and Constitutional Theory of the European Union 5: Edoardo Chiti: The Agencification Process and the Evolution of the EU Administrative System 6: Kieran Bradley: Judicial Reform and the European Court: Not a Numbers Game 7: Bruno de Witte: Direct Effect, Primacy and the Nature of the Legal Order 8: Catherine Donnelly: Preliminary Rulings and EU Legal Integration: Evolution and Continuity 9: Francesca Episcopo: The Vicissitudes of Life at the Coalface: Remedies and Procedures for Enforcing Union Law before the National Courts 10: Laurent Pech: The Rule of Law 11: Joana Mendes and Edoardo Chiti: The Evolution of EU Administrative Law 12: Deirdre Curtin: From a Europe of Bits and Pieces to a Union of Variegated Differentiation 13: Kenneth Armstrong: (Br)Exit from the EU-Control, Autonomy and the Evolution of EU Law 14: Marise Cremona: External Relations of the European Union: The Constitutional Framework for International Action 15: Gráinne de Búrca: The Evolution of EU Human Rights Law 16: Siofra O'Leary and Sara Iglesias Sánchez: Free Movement of Persons, Establishment and Services 17: Stefan Enchelmaier: Free Movement of Goods: Evolution and Intelligent Design in the Foundations of the European Union 18: Jukka Snell: Free Movement of Capital: Evolution as a Non-Linear Process 19: Jo Shaw: Citizenship: Contrasting Dynamics at the Interface of Integration and Constitutionalism 20: Mark Bell: EU Anti-Discrimination Law: Navigating Sameness and Difference 21: Catherine Barnard: EU 'Social' Policy: From Employment Law to Labour Market Reform 22: Alicia Hinarejos: Economic and Monetary Union: Evolution and Conflict 23: Steve Peers: EU Criminal Law and Police Cooperation 24: Eva Storskrubb: Civil Justice Extending its Tentacles 25: Lilian Tsourdi and Cathryn Costello: The Evolution of EU Law on Refugees and Asylum 26: Imelda Maher: Competition Law: Convergence through Law and Networks 27: Liz Fisher: EU Environmental Law and Legal Imagination 28: Stephen Weatherill: Consumer Policy 29: Thomas Streinz: The Evolution of European Data Law
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Oxford University Press The Substantive Law of the EU
Book SynopsisThe leading textbook on the four freedoms, popular with students and academics alike.This authoritative text offers a unique balance of comprehensive, detailed coverage in a concise and readable style, providing a critical and thorough analysis of the key principles of the substantive law of the EU.An introductory chapter provides valuable context on the governance of the internal market, its evolution, and the theories behind its key principles. Each of the freedoms is then dealt with in turn, covering goods, persons, services, and capital, before moving on to discuss harmonization, the regulation of the internal market, and its future. Additional useful detail is captured in footnotes, while directed further reading lists provide support for independent study and research.This thorough coverage is fully supported by engaging case studies throughout the book which place the law in context, helping students to understand the complexities of the subject and exploring the practical implications of EU law. Diagrams, flowcharts, and tables offer further detail and illustrate key ideas and processes in an easily accessible format, while chapter overviews, chapter content lists, and a clear structure ensure readers remain on track and can find information quickly.Digital formats and resourcesThe 7th edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats. www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooksTable of ContentsPart I: Introduction 1: Introduction to the Issues Part II: Free Movement of Goods 2: Fiscal Measures: Customs Duties and Internal Taxation 3: Non-Fiscal Measures: Quantitative Restrictions and Measures Having Equivalent Effect 4: Article 34 TFEU and Certain Selling Arrangements 5: Derogations and Justifications Part III: Free Movement of Persons and Services 6: The Free Movement of Persons: Key Principles 7: Free Movement of Workers and the Self-Employed 8: Freedom for Individuals to Provide and Receive Services 9: Union Citizenship 10: Legally Resident Third-Country Nationals and the EU 11: Freedom of Establishment and Freedom to Provide Services: Legal Persons 12: Derogations and Justifications Part IV: Free Movement of Capital 13: Free Movement of Capital Part V: Completing the Single Market 14: Regulating the Internal Market
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Oxford University Press EU Law Concentrate
Book SynopsisEU Law Concentrate is written and designed to help you succeed. Written by experts and covering all key topics, Concentrate guides go above and beyond, not only consolidating your learning but focusing your revision and maximising your exam performance. Each guide includes revision tips, advice on how to achieve extra marks, and a thorough and focused breakdown of the key topics and cases.Revision guides you can rely on: trusted by lecturers, loved by students...I am hugely impressed by this little textbook on the substance: it does a better and clearer job at explaining key issues than many of the core texts. - Dr Eleni Frantziou, Associate Professor in Public Law & Human Rights, Durham UniversityThe Concentrate books are my favourite revision guides as the quality of the information is always more comprehensive than others. Carly Hatchard, law student, University of BoltonThis revision guide is excellent would certainly recommend it as a revision aid - Claudia Carr, Principal LectureTrade ReviewReview from previous edition It is a little more in-depth than other revision guides, and also has clear diagrams and teaches ways to obtain extra marks. These features make it unique * Godwin Tan, law student, University College London *The exam style questions are brilliant and the series is very detailed, prepares you well * Frances Easton, law student, University of Birmingham *The accompanying website for Concentrate is the most impressive I've come across * Alice Munnelly, law student, King's College London *
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Oxford University Press Principles of the Digital Services Act
Book SynopsisNumerous questions were at the heart of parliamentary discussions over the provisions of the Digital Services Act (DSA), the EU''s new regulatory framework for digital services in Europe. How should liberal democracies prevent illegal and harmful activities online and protect fundamental rights? How should digital service providers assess the impact of their technology on others? And how should technology companies moderate user-generated content? Principles of the Digital Services Act analyses the DSA''s key provisions, dissecting its mechanisms and components, to understand the new law''s likely impact on digital services in Europe and beyond. The book puts the new legal framework into its political, economic, and social contexts by explaining its grounding within the frameworks of economic regulation and human rights. It examines the European legislature''s approach to the DSA, offering a detailed historical account of the legislative and pre-legislative process. The book argues that the envisaged regulatory system has the potential to boost trust in the digital environment. However, its mechanisms must be able to rely on the robust network of civil society organisations and the regulators should follow a set of principles. In this way, the DSA''s goal can be achieved through means that are firmly aligned with respect for individual liberties, including the freedom of expression.Combining academic research with practical insights, Principles of the Digital Services Act offers a robust analysis into how to apply and further develop the most important tools of the DSA to rebuild trust in the digital environment.
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OUP Oxford Law and Modern Society
Book SynopsisHow and why is so much new law made? By what right does a judge order that a man be sent to gaol? Why is so much of the law so contentious, and why should we, the people, accept the laws made by those who claim the right to govern us? In this lucid, stimulating, and thoroughly updated survey, P. S. Atiyah introduces the reader to a number of fundamental issues about the law, the legal profession, and the adjudicative process. He also discusses the effect of membership of the EC on our law, the recent controversy over the independence of the judiciary, and the problems arising from the cost of legal services and legal aid.
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Oxford University Press The American Indian in Western Legal Thought
Book SynopsisIn The American Indian in Western Legal Thought Robert Williams, a legal scholar and Native American of the Lumbee tribe, traces the evolution of contemporary legal thought on the rights and status of American Indians and other indiginous tribal peoples. Beginning with an analysis of the medieval Christian crusading era and its substantive contributions to the West''s legal discourse of `heathens'' and `infidels'', this study explores the development of the ideas that justified the New World conquests of Spain, England and the United States. Williams shows that long-held notions of the legality of European subjugation and colonization of `savage'' and `barbarian'' societies supported the conquests in America. Today, he demonstrates, echoes of racist and Eurocentric prejudices still reverberate in the doctrines and principles of legal discourse regarding native peoples'' rights in the United States and in other nations as well.Trade Reviewthis book can be recommended as providing a good overview of the jurisprudential status of the United States Indian tribes ... The author brings together all the important sources and events which have somehow contributed to legal thought affecting the American Indian. * Cambridge Law Journal *
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Oxford University Press Beyond All Reason
Book SynopsisWould you want to be operated on by a surgeon trained at a medical school that did not evaluate its students? Would you want to fly in a plane designed by people convinced that the laws of physics are socially constructed? Would you want to be tried by a legal system indifferent to the distinction between fact and fiction? These questions may seem absurd, but there are theories being seriously advanced by radical multiculturalists that force us to ask such questions. These scholars assert that such concepts as truth and merit are inextricably racist and sexist, that reason and objectivity are merely sophisticated masks for ideological bias, and that reality itself is nothing more than socially constructed mechanism for preserving the power of the ruling elite. In Beyond All Reason, liberal legal scholars Daniel A. Farber and Suzanna Sherry mount the first systematic critique of radical multiculturalism as a form of legal scholarship. Beginning with an incisive overview of the origins aTrade Review"Although I disagree with every word of this book, I found it utterly absorbing and uniquely provocative."--Laura Kalman, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara "Professors Farber and Sherry have given us a sober and passionate defense of the liberal Enlightenment faith against its most serious intellectual assault in a generation. More effectively than any scholars I know, they remind us of the moral, legal, and political stakes in the current academic battles between the party of reason and party of emotionalism and subjectivity."--Jeffrey Rosen, Legal Affairs Editor, The New Republic "At a time when some on the right as well as the left are trying to turn individual liberties into swear words, these good old causes could use some help. They get it here."--Walter Olson, The Wall Street Journal "A vigorous critique of present-day radical, postmodern multiculturalism in legal academia."--David Wagner, The Washington Times
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Clarendon Press A History of Private Law in Europe
Book SynopsisIn this book Franz Wieacker tells how legal thinking, writing and teaching started in Europe and how it developed. He begins in the High Middle Ages and describes how the Glossators laid down the foundations by applying methodical criticism and exegesis to the Digest of Justinian. As Reinhard Zimmermann''s foreword shows, Wieacker''s way of telling the history of European legal thought from its origins in medieval Bologna down to the present day and of elucidating the intellectual conditions for its development is a stunning achievement.One of the great strengths of the book lies in its demonstration of the constant interaction between the thinking of lawyers and the general philosophical ideas of their time: between Scholasticism and medieval legal science, between the enlightenment and the Law of Reason, between Classicism (and Romanticism) and Savigny''s Historical School of Law.It is hardly surprising that so ambitious and erudite a work should have become a classic since 1952, wheTrade ReviewTony Weir is a brilliant translator of legal German, and here he has surpassed himself. For this we should be all the more grateful, because Franz Wieacker was one of the great German scholars of the postwar world. His range and depth of learning are unsurpassed..This, in my opinion, is the best general book on European legal history in any language. I say "general" because of the breadth of the enterprise, but it is nonetheless detailed, original, and insightful...it is a book that all legal historians will need to keep close at hand for constant reference...We owe a great debt to Weir for making this work accessible to an English-reading public. * Modern Europe *Oxford University Press and Tony Weir, the translator of the present edition, deserve to be applauded for providing this translation...Tony Weir's translation reads like a work that was originally written in English, so convincing is it...as one might expect from a work bearing the Clarendon Press imprint, the editing is of high quality and accuracy. There is a useful general index and separate index of persons. In these days of European Union, no legal historian or European private lawyer can afford to be without a copy of this book. * Legal History August 1997 *Wieacker's Privatrechtsgeschichte der Neuzeit has long been a classic, and its appearance in English is a major event. Every serious law library outside German-speaking Europe will purchase a copy...The legal world was already deeply indebted to Weir: this book much increases those obligations, in rendering accessible Wieacker's masterpiece. It is to be hoped that more treasures of German scholarship will also one day be translated by Weir himself or others inspired by him. * International and Comparative Law Quarterly *
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Clarendon Press Judge Without Jury Diplock Trials in the Adversary System Omclj Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice
Book SynopsisAfter a Commission chaired by Lord Diplock recommended that cases connected with the 'troubles' should be tried by judge alone, rather than jury, the Diplock Courts have been a controversial feature of Northern Ireland's response to political violence. This title assesses the impact of Diplock Courts and considers their broader implications.Trade Review...a thoughtful and reasoned account of the way in which Diplock courts appear to operate....an impressive account of an intriguing experiment in criminal procedure. Their book can be strongly recommended. * The Cambridge Law Journal *'This is a great book...This book should be bought and considered by the widest possible readership. The research is meticulous and well tabulated. The style academic yet eminently readable. The sources are impeccable. An expensive book which, looking backwards, is a brilliant historical account...this is a book for our time and beyond.' * Frontline *'a major contribution to research in the field of criminal justice.' * Just News, December 1995 *'These empirical findings are integrated with a scholarly discussion of rules of evidence and procedure and of theories of trial...it will be a great interest for students of trial processes...As a study of the interplay between legal rules and working rules, this book is a valuable socio-legal addition to the scholarly Oxford Monographs in Criminal Law and Justice series.' * The Howard Journal Vol.35 No.4 *
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Clarendon Press Leading Cases in the Common Law
Book SynopsisThis book offers a collection of essays by arguably the most popular legal historian writing today. Most of the essays have not been previously published, and those which have appeared previously have been re-written to make the collection read more coherently. The collection is centred upon the theme of the leading case - a case where the judgment has established a long-lasting or far reaching precedent in common law, and the author has selected a number of these cases in order to illustrate how the precedents established by the cases have little or nothing to do with the trials themselves.Trade Reviewengaging and profoundly subversive book...If there is a more painstaking and ingenious researcher of local knowledge, a shrewder and more avid excavator of miscellanies, than Brian Simpson, I have never run across him: Simpson seems to have dug up pretty nearly everything that seems even remotely relevant to understanding his cases, and a great deal more besides. Indeed, so overwhelming is the mass of contextual detail that the reader is rescued from psychic inundation only by the inherent fascination of much of the background and Simpson's seductive charm as a storyteller. This is a very funny book. * Michigan Law Review *This book is a classic. Professor Simpson, who is one of the world's greatest legal historians, has comprehensively reserached the background to a number of leading cases in the common law. * International Trade and Business Law Journal *his historical miniatures are valuable...Each historical interlude is well-reserached, sympathetic and well-written in Professor Simpson's laconic and ironic style. The volume is particularly recommended to beginning law students, to reassure them that the real world of the law is firmly placed in the real world of human passions and desires. * Ottawa Law Review *A good-humoured and forgiving cynicism pervades his interpretation of the legal past. * The Cambridge Law Journal *Leading Cases in the Common Law should be on the shelves of all academic, courthouse and large private law libraries, and in the personal collection of every lawyer who ever wondered about the nature of the law and what they do all day. Not only is this book informative and educational, it is also a good read...Professor Simpson has produced a most useful and welcome addition to a too often neglected area of legal scholarship. * Canadian Law Libraries *Three of four of the ten pieces in this collection were published earlier, and some are already modern classics...These pieces show an astonishing erudition and breadth of historical knowledge, and will delight and instruct both specialists and general readers... This summary of the contents should justify any lover of the common law in reading the book... He is born story-teller, and often the case-law he selects seems only to be a pretext to tell the reader something interesting and amusing about the past...May we see many more books flow from Professor Simpson's wonderful and original pen. * Legal History *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; The Study of Cases ; Politics and Law in Elizabethan England: Shelley's Case ; The Timeless Principles of Common Law: Keeble V. Hickeringill (1707) ; Legal Science and Legal Absurdity: Jee v. Audley ; The Beauty of Obscurity Raffles v. Wickelhaus and Busch ; Victorian Judges and the Problems of Social Cost: Tipping v. St Helen's Smelting Company (1865) ; Bursting Reservoirs and Victorian Tort Law: Rylands and Horrocks v. Fletcher (1868) ; The Ideal of the Rule of Law: Regina v. Keyn (1876) ; Quackery and Contract Law: Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company (1893)
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OUP Oxford The Oxford Handbook of European Legal History
Book SynopsisEuropean law, including both civil law and common law, has gone through several major phases of expansion in the world. European legal history thus also is a history of legal transplants and cultural borrowings, which national legal histories as products of nineteenth-century historicism have until recently largely left unconsidered. The Handbook of European Legal History supplies its readers with an overview of the different phases of European legal history in the light of today''s state-of-the-art research, by offering cutting-edge views on research questions currently emerging in international discussions. The Handbook takes a broad approach to its subject matter both nationally and systemically. Unlike traditional European legal histories, which tend to concentrate on heartlands of Europe (notably Italy and Germany), the Europe of the Handbook is more versatile and nuanced, taking into consideration the legal developments in Europe''s geographical fringes such as Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. The Handbook covers all major time periods, from the ancient Greek law to the twenty-first century. Contributors include acknowledged leaders in the field as well as rising talents, representing a wide range of legal systems, methodologies, areas of expertise and research agendas.Table of ContentsI. Approaches to European Legal History: Historiography and Methods 1: James Q. Whitman: The World Historical Significance of European Legal History: An Interim Report 2: Joachim Rückert: The Invention of National Legal History 3: Randall Lesaffer: The Birth of European Legal History 4: Kjell Å Modéer: Abandoning the Nationalist Framework: Comparative Legal History 5: Thomas Duve: Global Legal History: Setting Europe in Perspective II. The Ancient Law and the Early Middle Age 6: Michael Gagarin: Ancient Greek Law 7: Pier Giuseppe Monateri: Early Roman Law And The West: A Reversal Of Grounds 8: Paul du Plessis: Classical and Post-Classical Roman Law: The Legal Actors and The Sources 9: Luigi Capogrossi Colognesi: Institutions of Ancient Roman Law 10: Bernard Stolte: Byzantine Law: The Law of the New Rome 11: Karl Shoemaker: Germanic Law III. The Law in the High and the Late Middle Ages: The Learned Ius commune and the Vernacular Laws 12: Peter Clarke: Western Canon Law in the Central and Later Middle Ages 13: Jan Hallebeek: Structure of Medieval Roman Law: Institutions, Sources, and Methods 14: Thomas Rüfner: Substance of Medieval Roman Law: The Development of Private Law 15: Antonio Manuel Hespanha: Southern Europe (Italy, Iberian Peninsula, France) 16: Mathias Schmoeckel: Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation 17: Mia Korpiola: High- and Late-Medieval Scandinavia: Codified Vernacular Law and Learned Legal Influences 18: Mia Korpiola: Customary Law and the Influence of the Ius commune in High- and Late-Medieval East Central Europe 19: Paul Brand: The Beginnings of the English Common Law (to 1350) 20: Andrew R C Simpson: The Scottish Common Law: Origins and Development, ca.1124-ca.1500 21: Heiner Lück: Urban Law: The Law of Saxony and Magdeburg 22: Albrecht Cordes & Philipp Höhn: Extra-legal and Legal Conflict Management among Long-distance Traders (1250-1650) 23: Dirk Heirbaut: Feudal law IV. European Law in the Early Modern Period: The Fields of Law and the Changing Scholarship 24: Jan Schröder: Legal Scholarship: The Theory of Sources and Methods of Law 25: David Ibbetson: Natural Law in Early Modern Legal Thought 26: John Witte, Jr: Law and the Protestant Reformation 27: Wim Decock: Law of Property and Obligations: Neoscholastic Thinking and Beyond 28: Massimo Meccarelli: Criminal Law: Before a State Monopoly 29: Alain Wijffels: Civil Procedural Law, the Judiciary, and Legal Professionals 30: Ulrike Müßig: Jurisdiction, Political Authority, and Territory 31: Bernardo Sordi: Public Law Before 'Public Law' V. European Law in the Early Modern Period: The Age of Expansion 32: Peter Oestmann: The Law of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation 33: Serge Dauchy: French Law and its Expansion in the Early Modern Period 34: Matthew C. Mirow: Spanish Law and its Expansion 35: Heikki Pihlajamäki: Scandinavian Law in the Early Modern Period 36: Ken MacMillan: English Law and its Expansion 37: Marianna Muravyena: Russian Law in the Early Modern Period 38: Mark Hickford: Colonial and Indigenous 'Laws' - The Case of Britain's Empires, Circa 1750-1850 VI. The Nineteenth Century and Beyond: The Emergence of Modern Law 39: Jean-Louis Halpérin: The Age of Codification and Legal Modernisation in Private Law 40: Hans-Peter Haferkamp: Legal Formalism and its Critics 41: Dieter Gosewinkel: The Constitutional State 42: Martti Koskenniemi & Ville Kari: A More Elevated Patriotism: The Emergence of International and Comparative Law (Nineteenth Century) 43: Bruno Aguilera-Barchet: The Law of the Welfare State 44: Michael Lobban: The Law of Obligations: The Anglo-American Perspective 45: Markus D. Dubber: Colonial Criminal Law and Other Modernities: European Criminal Law in the Nineteenth And Twentieth Century 46: Michael Stolleis: European Twentieth Century Dictatorship and the Law 47: Yoram Gorlizki: Communism and the Law 48: Peter Lindseth: The Law of the European Union in Historical Perspective
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Oxford University Press Competition and Antitrust Law
Book SynopsisExplores the promise and limitations of competitive market dynamics, looking at the threats to competition--cartels, agreements, monopolies, and mergers--and the laws in place across the US and European Union to safeguard the process of competition.Trade ReviewThe book's pocket-size format, informative contents page and chapter headings, and useful references and index sections, as well as clear sub-headings and illustrative diagrams, all help busy readers find what they need quickly. * David Glass, Law Society Gazette *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: The Power of Competition 2: Markets 3: The goals and scope of competition and antitrust laws 4: What is the optimal level of enforcement? 5: The legal framework 6: Who enforces the law? 7: The fight against cartels 8: Horizontal and vertical agreements 9: Monopolies and the abuse of market power 10: Mergers and acquisitions 11: The international dimension Further Reading References Index
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Oxford University Press European Union Law
Book SynopsisProviding wide-ranging coverage and clear explanations, European Union Law is a trusted guide to the subject with a no-fuss style. Written in its trademark concise prose, the text distils complex ideas without sacrificing academic integrity.Focusing on the key debates surrounding EU law, this book encourages students to critique and apply the law, and to take a contextual approach to the subject. Students are invited to consider the key concepts in the law and to think for themselves, with the help of self-test questions and numerous suggestions for further reading. Digital formats and resourcesThe eleventh edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access, along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks.As the process of the UK leaving the EU unfolds, readers can also visit the OUP Brexit and EU Law online rTable of Contents1: Introduction 2: The constitutional base of the Union 3: The institutions of the Union 4: The European Courts: composition, functions, jurisdiction; preliminary rulings 5: The Union legal system 6: General principles of law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights 7: Doctrines of European Union law: direct effect, supremacy, state liability for breach of Union law and other remedies 8: Public enforcement of Union law (Articles 258-260 TFEU); review of legality and damages (Articles 263, 265, 268, 277 and 340(2) TFEU) 9: Free movement of goods (I): the abolition of customs duties and internal taxation 10: Free movement of goods (II): quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect 11: Free movement of services: the freedom to provide and receive services 12: Citizenship and free movement of persons: workers and establishment 13: Citizenship and free movement rights: beyond economic links 14: Competition law and policy 15: Environmental law and policy 16: Discrimination law: from sex discrimination in employment law to a general equality principle 17: EU relations with Third States and International Organisations
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Oxford University Press Public Law Directions
Book SynopsisPublic Law Directions is the most student-friendly guide to the subject; empowering students to evaluate the law, understand its practical application, and approach assessments with confidenceAn accessible and highly readable guide to public law, offering contextual knowledge, details of key cases, and supportive critical evaluation of the law. Key features The Directions series has been written with students in mind. As they approach the subject for the first time, this book will help them: - Gain a balanced understanding of the topic: the right amount of detail conveyed clearly - Understand the law in context: with scene-setting introductions and highlighted case extracts the practical importance of the law becomes clear - dentify when and how to critically evaluate the law: the key areas of debate are set out, with support to confidently question the law - Direct and consolidate knowledge: self-testing features aid understanding and help students tackle assessments with confidence-
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OUP Oxford Law for Legal Executives
Book SynopsisThis is the second of two volumes for students preparing for the Professional Diploma in Law examination, covering the four subjects included in the syllabus for Year Two: contract and consumer law, employment law, family law, wills, probate and succession. In addition to satisfying the requirements for the Institute's syllabus, this book will help the student understand how the law works in practice. Frequent references are made to significant cases, which arefully explained. The book also contains examples of statutes and law reports to enable the student to gain familiarity with the primary sources of law.Table of Contents1. Contract and Consumer Law ; Nature of Contract ; Formation of a Contract ; Contents of a Contract ; Exclusion Clauses ; Vitiating Elements ; Discharge of the Contract ; Remedies for Breach of Contract ; CONSUMER LAW ; Introduction ; Sale of Goods Act 1979 ; Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 ; Supply of Goods (Implied Terms) Act 1982 ; Consumer Credit Act 1974 ; Consumer Protection Act 1987 ; 2. Employment Law ; Introduction ; Employment Law ; Health and Safety at Work ; Questions ; 3. Family Law ; Introduction ; Requirements for a Valid Marriage ; Invalidity and Failure of Marriage ; Financial Provision After a Final Decree ; Financial Provision in the Family Proceedings Court ; Children ; 4. Wills, Probate and Succession ; Introduction ; Introductory Principles ; Main Clauses in a Will ; Gifts Contained in Wills ; Revocation of Wills ; Intestacy ; Personal Representatives ; Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 ; Inheritance Tax ; Questions
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Oxford University Press Law in Modern Society
Book SynopsisProviding an introduction to law in modern society, D. J. Galligan considers how legal theory, and particularly H. L. A Hart''s The Concept of Law, has developed the idea of law as a highly developed social system, which has a distinctive character and structure, and which shapes and influences people''s behaviour.The concept of law as a distinct social phenomenon is examined through reference to, and analysis of, the work of prominent legal and social theorists, in particular M. Weber, E. Durkheim, and N. Luhmann. Galligan''s approach is guided by two main ideas: that the law is a social formation with its own character and features, and that at the same time it interacts with, and is affected by, other aspects of society. In analysing these two ideas, Galligan develops a general framework for law and society within which he considers various aspects including: the nature of social rules and the concept of law as a system of rules; whether law has particular social functions and how lTable of Contents1. Setting the bounds of law in modern society ; 2. Approaches to law in society ; 3. Law as social rules ; 4. Law prior to rules ; 5. Law as a system of rules ; 6. Social spheres ; 7. The reception of law ; 8. Law and coercion ; 9. Legal pluralism: parallel legal orders ; 10. Extended legal pluralism: informal legal orders ; 11. Does law have social functions? ; 12. The social value of law ; 13. Forms of modern legal orders ; 14. Social foundations of modern legal form ; 15. Implementation and the architecture of law ; 16. Implementation: the legal and social environment ; 17. Change through the law: the contours of compliance
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Oxford University Press Family Law
Book SynopsisWhat is a family? What makes someone a parent? What rights should children have? Family Law: A Very Short Introduction gives the reader an insight not only into what the law is, but why it is the way it is. It examines how laws have had to respond to social changes in family life, from rapidly rising divorce rates to surrogate mothers, and gives insight into family courts which are required to deal with the chaos of family life and often struggle to keep up-to-date with the social and scientific changes which affect it. It also looks to the future: what will families look like in the years ahead? What new dilemmas will the courts face?ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Marriage, civil partnership, and cohabitation ; 2. Domestic violence ; 3. Divorce ; 4. Parents and children ; 5. Children's rights ; 6. Child abuse ; 7. Alimony and financial law ; 8. Where next for family law? ; Further reading
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OUP Oxford The Oxford Handbook of European Union Law
Book SynopsisSince its formation, the European Union has expanded beyond all expectations; this seems set to continue as more countries seek accession and the scope of EU law expands, touching more and more aspects of its citizens'' lives. The EU has never been stronger and yet it now appears to be reaching a crisis point, beset on all sides by conflict and challenges to its legitimacy. Nationalist sentiment is on the rise and the Eurozone crisis has had a deep and lasting impact. The European Union has the complexity and depth of a mature legal system, albeit one which is constantly in flux and whose content and foundations are constantly contested. Its law has developed beyond the single market and institutional matters into many other fields including environmental, fiscal, labour, immigration and criminal law. It is studied at undergraduate and postgraduate level throughout the Member States and beyond; an understanding of it is essential to those who study the EU from other disciplinary perspeTable of ContentsPART I: CONCEPTUALIZING EU LAW; PART II: THE ARCHITECTURE OF EU LAW; PART III: MAKING AND ADMINISTERING EU LAW; PART IV: THE ECONOMIC CONSTITUTION AND THE CITIZEN; PART V: REGULATION OF THE MARKET PLACE; PART VI: ECONOMIC, FISCAL, AND MONETARY UNION; PART VII: THE AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY, AND JUSTICE; PART VIII: BEYOND THE REGULATORY STATE?
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Oxford University Press Police and Community in Chicago
Book SynopsisHighly popular with both the public and political leaders, community policing is the most important development in law enforcement in the last twenty-five years. But does community policing really work? Can police departments fundamentally change their organization? Can neighborhood problems be solved? In the early 1990s, Chicago, the nation''s third largest city, instituted the nation''s largest community policing initiative. Wesley G. Skogan here provides the first comprehensive evaluation of that citywide program, examining its impact on crime, neighborhood residents, and the police.Based on the results of a thirteen-year study, including interviews, citywide surveys, and sophisticated statistical analyses, Police and Community in Chicago reveals a city divided among African-Americans, Whites, and Latinos. By looking at the varying effects community policing had on each of these groups, Skogan provides a valuable analysis of what works and why. As the use of community policing increTrade Review"A landmark study of the social, political and institutional contexts of Chicago's community policing initiative. Skogan identifies critical challenges facing city leaders to democratize policing while confronting widening racial breaches in public confidence in the police. A must-read for big city mayors and police chiefs."--Jeffrey Fagan, Columbia University "Fortunately, when Chicago unveiled the country's most ambitious community policing experiment, Wesley Skogan and his team launched an equally ambitious evaluation. The result is a rich, rigorous and provocative analysis, carefully constructed over a decade, that sheds light on the profound challenges facing policing in America--how to simultaneously build public trust, reduce crime, and support urban renewal, while confronting deep racial divides and powerful demographic forces. This elegant and insightful account will stand as a landmark in the literature of police reform, with lessons for police leaders and elected officials alike."--Jeremy Travis, John Jay College of Criminal Justice "In a time when public sector innovation is either excessively hyped or cynically rejected, Skogan brings a refreshing balance and candor to his assessment of Chicago's extraordinary efforts to implement community policing. The book provides essential insights into what worked, what didn't, and why, and offers valuable lessons to be learned from Chicago's experience."--Stephen Mastrofski, George Mason University "Wesley Skogan's book is an account of an extraordinary study of an equally extraordinary program--community policing in Chicago. His evaluation is notable for its thoroughness and its independence from those principally involved in developing and implementing the program. The program is notable for the character of the city in which it was established--its demographics and politics--as well as the nature and quality of the program itself."--The Law and Politics Book Review "Any study of this magnitude will produce a wealth of data. Thankfully, this one has also produced a book of balance and insight."--Law and Society ReviewTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ; Acknowledgments ; 1 Community Policing ; 2 Crime, Police and the Three Chicagos ; 3 Reengineering the Police ; 4 Involving the Community ; 5 Representing the Community ; 6 Tackling Neighborhood Problems ; 7 Trends in Neighborhood Problems ; 8 Trends in Crime and Fear ; 9 Police and the Public ; 10 How did Chicago Do?
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The University of Chicago Press Commentaries on the Laws of England V 1 A
Book SynopsisSir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769) stands as the first great effort to reduce the English common law to a unified and rational system. Blackstone demonstrated that the English law as a system of justice was comparable to Roman law and the civil law of the Continent. Clearly and elegantly written, the work achieved immediate renown and exerted a powerful influence on legal education in England and in America which was to last into the late nineteenth century. The book is regarded not only as a legal classic but as a literary masterpiece. Previously available only in an expensive hardcover set, Commentaries on the Laws of England is published here in four separate volumes, each one affordably priced in a paperback edition. These works are facsimiles of the eighteenth-century first edition and are undistorted by later interpolations. Each volume deals with a particular field of law and carries with it an introduction by a leading contemporary scholar.
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The University of Chicago Press Commentaries on the Laws of England Vol.2 A
Book SynopsisSir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769) stands as the first great effort to reduce the English common law to a unified and rational system. Blackstone demonstrated that the English law as a system of justice was comparable to Roman law and the civil law of the Continent. Clearly and elegantly written, the work achieved immediate renown and exerted a powerful influence on legal education in England and in America which was to last into the late nineteenth century. The book is regarded not only as a legal classic but as a literary masterpiece. Previously available only in an expensive hardcover set, Commentaries on the Laws of England is published here in four separate volumes, each one affordably priced in a paperback edition. These works are facsimiles of the eighteenth-century first edition and are undistorted by later interpolations. Each volume deals with a particular field of law and carries with it an introduction by a leading contemporary scholar.
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The University of Chicago Press Commentaries on the Laws of England Volume 4
Book SynopsisSir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769) stands as the first great effort to reduce the English common law to a unified and rational system. Blackstone demonstrated that the English law as a system of justice was comparable to Roman law and the civil law of the Continent. Clearly and elegantly written, the work achieved immediate renown and exerted a powerful influence on legal education in England and in America which was to last into the late nineteenth century. The book is regarded not only as a legal classic but as a literary masterpiece. Previously available only in an expensive hardcover set, Commentaries on the Laws of England is published here in four separate volumes, each one affordably priced in a paperback edition. These works are facsimiles of the eighteenth-century first edition and are undistorted by later interpolations. Each volume deals with a particular field of law and carries with it an introduction by a leading contemporary scholar.
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The University of Chicago Press The Mysterious Science of the Law
Book SynopsisReferred to as the "bible of American lawyers," Blackstone's "Commentaries" on the Laws of England shaped the principles of law in both England and America when its first volume appeared in 1765. This work examines why "Commentaries" became the knowledge that any lawyer needed to acquire.Table of ContentsForeword Preface Introduction I: The Law: Science and Mystery II: The Use of History III: The Tendency of History IV: The Use of Aesthetics V: The Limits of Reason VI: The Methods of Reason VII: Humanity VIII: Liberty IX: Property Conclusion: The Advantage of Being a Reasonable Creature Notes A Layman's Glossary Index
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The University of Chicago Press The Firm the Market and the Law
Book SynopsisA collection of essays on economics which focus on the practical implications of theory.
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The University of Chicago Press The Chicago Guide to FactChecking Chicago Guides
Book SynopsisProviding an innovative and accessible perspective on how civil rights legislation affects the lives of ordinary Americans, this work argues for a radical new understanding of rights. The study is based on interviews with those who had experienced discrimination on disability issues.
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The University of Chicago Press Mehinaku The Drama of Daily Life in a Brazilian
Book SynopsisFocusing on the language and symbols of reform, Fineman argues that by advocating measures based on equality of treatment rather than of outcome, liberal feminists disregarded the socioeconomic factors that simultaneously place women at a disadvantage in the market and favor their taking on primary domestic responsibilities.
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The University of Chicago Press The Constitutional Underclass Gays Lesbians and
Book SynopsisUsing Colorado's initiative with Amendment 2 as its focus, this text seeks to untangle the complex standards and subtle rhetoric the Supreme Court uses to apply the equal protection clause. It reveals how these standards are used to favour certain groups over others.
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University of Chicago Press The Collected Works of Justice Holmes Complete
Book SynopsisSure to be the standard reference for all subsequent scholarship.John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book ReviewA critical contribution to legal literature, and definitely worth having.Peter J. Messitte, TrialTable of ContentsVOLUME ONE Foreword: Editorial Principles Introduction The History of this Edition A Brief Biography of Justice Holmes Holmes's Philosophy and Jurisprudence: Origin and Development of Principal Themes A Critical Assessment Nonjudicial Works Youthful Works Introduction Undergraduate essays, addresses, and poems Civil War Poems, Obituaries The American Law Review 1867-1873 Introduction Digests of Cases Articles, comments, and book notices VOLUME TWO Introduction Holmes's Notes to Kent's Commentaries VOLUME THREE Articles in Preparation for The Common Law The Common Law Later Writings Speeches (1913 edition) Uncollected and Unpublished Addresses
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University of Chicago Press Law and the Economy in Colonial India
Book SynopsisSince the economic reforms of the 1990s, India's economy has grown rapidly. To sustain growth and foreign investment over the long run requires a well-developed legal infrastructure for conducting business, including cheap and reliable contract enforcement and secure property rights. But it's widely acknowledged that India's legal infrastructure is in urgent need of reform, plagued by problems, including slow enforcement of contracts and land laws that differ from state to state. How has this situation arisen, and what can boost business confidence and encourage long-run economic growth? Tirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy trace the beginnings of the current Indian legal system to the years of British colonial rule. They show how India inherited an elaborate legal system from the British colonial administration, which incorporated elements from both British Common Law and indigenous institutions. In the case of property law, especially as it applied to agricultural land, indigenous laws and local political expediency were more influential in law-making than concepts borrowed from European legal theory. Conversely, with commercial law, there was considerable borrowing from Europe. In all cases, the British struggled with limited capacity to enforce their laws and an insufficient knowledge of the enormous diversity and differentiation within Indian society. A disorderly body of laws, not conducive to production and trade, evolved over time. Roy and Swamy's careful analysis not only sheds new light on the development of legal institutions in India, but also offers insights for India and other emerging countries through a look at what fosters the types of institutions that are key to economic growth.
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The University of Chicago Press Law Family and Women Toward a Legal Anthropology
Book SynopsisFocusing on Florence, Thomas Kuehn demonstrates the formative influence of law on Italian society during the Renaissance, especially in the spheres of family and women. Kuehn's use of legal sources along with letters, diaries, and contemporary accounts allows him to present a compelling image of the social processes that affected the shape and function of the law. The numerous law courts of Italian city-states constantly devised and revised statutes. Kuehn traces the permutations of these laws, then examines their use by Florentines to arbitrate conflict and regulate social behavior regarding such issues as kinship, marriage, business, inheritance, illlegitimacy, and gender. Ranging from one man's embittered denunciation of his father to another's reaction to his kinsmen's rejection of him as illegitimate, Law, Family, and Women provides fascinating evidence of the tensions riddling family life in Renaissance Florence. Kuehn shows how these same tensions, often articulated in and throu
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University of Chicago Press Illinois Justice The Scandal of 1969 the Rise
Book SynopsisThis title takes the reader behind the scenes of the so-called "Scandal of 1969", an event which spelled the end of an Illinois Supreme Court justice's aspirations to the US Supreme Court, but also marked the beginning of little-known lawyer John Paul Steven's rise to the high court.
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University of Chicago Press The Spirits and the Law
Book SynopsisAfter Haiti's recent earthquake, various American commentators - from Pat Robertson to David Brooks - joined a long tradition of blaming Vodou for the country's woes. This book examines that vexed history, asking why, from 1835 to 1987, Haiti banned many popular ritual practices.Trade Review"In this compelling study, Ramsey culls a remarkable set of materials to bring to bear on the topic, ranging from colonial travel accounts, memoirs, State Department records, and UN sorcery reports. The richness of her account is a testament to indefatigable research, and she develops fresh insights into the related literature as well. This fascinating book adds much to our knowledge of modern Haiti as well as religion and cultural politics in Latin America and the Caribbean in general." - Lauren Derby, University of California, Los Angeles"
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University of Chicago Press The Spirits and the Law
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The University of Chicago Press Japanese Law An Economic Approach Studies in Law
Book SynopsisCovering the basic areas of Japanese law - property, contracts, torts, corporate, civil procedure, criminal law, administrative procedure, and tax - this text uses economic theory and empirical data to sketch the implications the law poses for human behaviour.
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Columbia University Press Sappho Goes to Law School
Book SynopsisDrawing on concepts taken from US law and legal theory, postmodernism and queer theory, as well as the author's own experience in the courtroom and classroom, this book examines the complexities of lesbian identity and the often detrimental ways in which legal scholarship approaches lesbianism.
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Columbia University Press Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes
Book SynopsisFocusing on the power dynamics of Sino-Western relations during the century before the First Opium War, Li Chen highlights the centrality of law to modern imperial ideology and politics and brings new insight to the origins of comparative Chinese law in the West and foreign extraterritoriality in China.Trade ReviewJust when we thought no one could offer any new approach to the subject of the Sino-Western encounter during the early modern period, this book pulls us back in. Li Chen sets a new standard for any future study on this topic. -- Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, New York UniversityLi Chen makes a gift of his expertise in legal history to readers of every level. He not only reinterprets monumental historical episodes in the relations between China and Europe but also builds on this platform a cultural history of European perceptions of punishment, justice, and state prerogative in China. Anybody considering legal history an arcane or marginal element of late Qing history and its international relations will have to reconsider. -- Pamela Kyle Crossley, Dartmouth CollegeChinese Law in Imperial Eyes is a landmark contribution to the emerging field of Chinese law and cultural studies. Li Chen's sophisticated analyses and wide-ranging archive illuminate the complex and fascinating encounter between Chinese and European legal traditions in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. -- Teemu Ruskola, Emory University School of LawThe discussion of the conceptual differences between Chinese and Western legal orders, public and private, codified and non-codified law is so fascinating and fundamental that it stands as one of the signal contributions of the volume. . . . Sets a very high bar for new studies, and will be a standard for many years to come. * American Historical Review *Extensively researched and well-written.... The aspiration of the author to restore the centrality of legal matters to Sino-Western interactions is clearly achieved. * H-Empire *Engages different discursive levels and reveals the evolution and diffusion of knowledge of the Chinese law, from rational to sentimental perspectives. * Frontiers of History in China *Chen's Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes, not only provides a much needed and significant contribution, but could be regarded as quite the masterpiece, outlining the importance of legal discourses to Sino-Western encounters from the eighteenth century onwards. * Chinese Historical Review *Li Chen has delivered a carefully crafted and highly articulate study that will soon be required reading for students of comparative law, imperialism, and Sino-western relations in general. * Journal of Chinese History *A confident exemplar of a now-flourishing field. * English Historical Review *Enriches discourses on legal, intellectual, and political dimensions of modern Sino-Western relations. * Choice *In this nuanced and convincing study, Li Chen not only probes why and how oversimplified, reductive culturalist interpretations of Sino-Western legal collisions in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries became dominant, but also pushes past the discourses of Euro-Americentric hegemonic creep typically found in revisionist scholarship. * Journal of East Asian Studies *This is a critical book for understanding a mutually influential relationship, as both Chinese and Western empires struggled to create their own legal identities and forge stable international practices. . . . With this book, Li Chen has equipped historians with an essential vision of the origins of longstanding presumptions about Chinese law. * Frontier of Literary Studies in China *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Imperial Archives and Historiography of Western Extraterritoriality in China2. Translation of the Qing Code and Colonial Origins of Comparative Chinese Law3. Chinese Law in the Formation of European Modernity4. Sentimental Imperialism and the Global Spectacle of Chinese Punishments5. Law and Empire in the Making of the First Opium WarConclusionList of AbbreviationsNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex
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